Partnership Includes Distribution Agreement for Existing Gotham Content and First Look Deal

Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, President/CEO, The Gotham Group

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 15, 2007 -- The Gotham Group, the premier management
firm representing animation and family entertainment talent and content,
has teamed up with Yahoo! Studios for a strategic relationship to produce
and distribute original animated content on the Internet. Yahoo! Studios
focuses on the development and production of event-based, original and
user-generated content across the Yahoo! Media Group properties, including
Yahoo! Entertainment and Yahoo! TV.

"Gotham is committed to finding innovative ways to distribute our artists'
creative work and today's agreement with Yahoo! furthers that business
strategy to mutual benefit," said Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Gotham Group CEO
and founder "We pride ourselves on finding new revenue streams for our
content creators and Yahoo! provides a fresh and exciting opportunity for
the world to interact with the great talent we represent."

"We are always looking for opportunities to make dynamic and entertaining
content available on Yahoo!," said Drew Buckley, general manager, Yahoo!
Studios. "We are thrilled to work with Gotham to create and program
compelling animated content for our users."

Veteran entertainment industry executive Jon Vein initiated the deal and
negotiated the agreement on behalf of The Gotham Group, which will draw
upon the company's base of pre-existing animated shorts as well as from
original new content.

About The Gotham Group:

The Gotham Group is recognized as one of the leading management, packaging,
strategic planning and production firms in the entertainment industry.
Boasting a roster of over 250 top directors, writers, producers,
illustrators, and artists, as well book and comic book publishers, Gotham
offers the industry access to an unparalleled amount and variety of
creative content. As a producer, Gotham's credits include live action and
animated feature films and television, children's programming, prime time
television series, as well as animated and family entertainment.
Currently, Gotham is a producer on the feature film "The Spiderwick
Chronicles," set up at Paramount with Nickelodeon Movies, based on the
best-selling series of fantasy books written by Holly Black and Tony
DiTerlizzi. On the television side, Gotham is an executive producer on
Aardman Animations' "Creature Comforts," premiering on CBS Television in
early 2007. Gotham also has direct to DVD deals with Lionsgate and IDT
Entertainment.

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